Understanding The Multi-Channel Surround Displays - Sony STR-DA777ES Primary Operating Instructions Manual

Understanding the Multi-Channel Surround Displays

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OPTICAL
MPEGDTSDUAL
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1 OPTICAL
Lights up when the source signal is a digital signal
being input through the OPTICAL terminal.
2 COAXIAL
Lights up when the source signal is a digital signal
being input through the COAXIAL terminal.
3 a DIGITAL
This indicator lights when the sound field is on and
the unit is decoding signals recorded in the Dolby
Digital (AC-3) format.
4 Playback channel indicators
The letters light to indicate the channels being played
back.
L: Front Left
C: Center
RS: Right Surround
S: Surround (monaural or the rear components
obtained by Pro Logic processing)
The boxes around the letters light to indicate the
speakers used to playback the channels.
See the next page for details regarding the playback
channel indicators.
5 L.F.E.
The letters "L.F.E." light up when the disc being
played contains the LFE (Low Frequency Effect)
channel. When the sound of the LFE channel signal is
actually being reproduced, the bars underneath the
letters lights up to indicate the level. Since the LFE
signal is not recorded in all parts of the input signal
the bar indication will fluctuate (and may turn off)
during playback.
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COAXIAL DIGITAL L C
PRO LOGIC LS S
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R: Front Right
LS: Left Surround
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R L.F.E. S.WOOFER STEREO
RS D.RANGE EQ MONO
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6 S.WOOFER
Lights when the sub woofer selection is set to "YES"
and sound is being output from the sub woofer.
7 Tuner indicators
These indicators light when using the receiver to tune
in radio stations, etc. See pages 48~51 for tuner
operations.
8 MEMORY
Lights when a tuner preset or sound field preset is
saved in memory.
9 D. RANGE
Lights when dynamic range compression is active. See
page 43 to adjust the dynamic range compression.
!º PRO LOGIC
Lights when this unit applies Pro Logic processing to
two channel signals in order to output the center and
surround channel signals.
!¡ DTS
Lights up when DTS signals are input.
Note
When playing a DTS format disc, be sure that you have made
digital connections and that DIGITAL/ANALOG is NOT set
to ANALOG (see 4 on page 25).
!™ a
Lights when Dolby Digital (AC-3) signals are input.
!£ EQ
Lights when using an equalizer from EQ PRESET 1~5.
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RDS MEMORY
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